Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown is pleased to announce its 10th annual Sustainability Fair, to be held on Friday, August 23rd from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the hotel’s Colonnade Room.
The event showcases the eco, health and safety initiatives of over 30 DC-based organizations as well as the hotel’s own environmental program.
Below are just some of the organizations guests will enjoy interacting with:
American Forests
Balance Gym
BMW of Alexandria – Hybrid Vehicles
DC Beekeepers Alliance – live bees
DC Central Kitchen
DC Fire & EMS – Fire Truck
DC Office of the Environment
DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU)
Department of Public Works
District of Columbia Homeland Security
DC Office of Homeland Security
Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown’s Beekeepers
Food Rescue US
Grainger
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Puppy Raisers & Puppies
Horton’s Kid’s
Humane Rescue Alliance – adoptable dogs
Keany Produce
Metropolitan Police Department
The Nail Saloon- eco manicures
US Green Building Council
World Wildlife Fund
Fairmont’s Sustainability Fair is free and open to the public. Guests will be treated to honey tastings from the hotel’s rooftop hives, various savories, and each guest will be entered to win some great prizes. Many of the participants bring complimentary samples for attendees such as baked goods and energy saving light bulbs. To register please visit Eventbrite.
The newly renovated NW, Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown is located at 2401 M Street, NW. With 413 rooms and luxury suites, Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown offers a wealth of facilities while maintaining an air of tranquility ensured through the design of intimate spaces, plenty of natural daylight, and a cascade of plants both inside and out.
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On Saturday, August 24 from 6 – 10 p.m., Washington, D.C. will host the sixth annual Le Dîner en Blanc. The yearly extravaganza, where guests don all white, promises another evening of dining and excitement, as it acquires a secret public location, revealed only minutes prior to the commence of the event.
Over the course of the evening, 5,000 guests will once again dine and celebrate the sixth anniversary of Le Dîner en Blanc – Washington amid live music, entertainment and dancing. Each year, guests bring their all-white tables, chairs and table settings, and the truly ambitious create their own French picnics with extravagant, inventive tablescapes. For those looking for a more convenient option, attendees can rent a table and chairs from Rentals to Remember.
Registration for the unique experience happens in three stages beginning later next month: Phase 1 is for members who attended the previous year; Phase 2 is for new members who have been sponsored by Phase 1 attendees; and Phase 3 is for guests who signed up on the waiting list. Those interested can sign up at washington.dinerenblanc.com/
About Le Dîner en Blanc – Washington Hosts
Le Dîner en Blanc – Washington, D.C. is produced by The Davis Group, LLC, a full-service event design and production company based in the Washington, DC area. Linda Davis, along with daughters Bryer and Kaitlin have brought together nearly 15,000 people to celebrate Dîner en Blanc in Washington.
Join Roofers Union on Tuesday, August 27 at 6PM as The Bruery taps into its upcoming
Preservation Society exclusive releases. Come out and have a beer with Society members and The Bruery team. The event is open to the public in addition to their group’s beer club members.
Beer geeks will rejoice at seeing two of the most sought after bottled beers of last year’s releases available at the event. Folks will get a taste of the Elizabeth Rutherford, co-fermented with Napa-sourced Cabernet Sauvignon aged in New French Oak, and the Bourgogne Noir, a sour blonde co-fermented with Pinot Noir grapes, a touch of carbonation adds a slightly prickly sensation to the pallet. These beers are some of Roofers Union GM and Beer Director, Dave Delaplaine’s, favorite beers in the last several years.
Draft beers featured in the Bruery takeover include:
Paws and Claws – two new offshoot August release beers, an ipa and a dipa respectively.
Vermont Sticky Maple– A perfect maple syrup to complement this barrel-aged imperial stout, it’s sticky and decadent, with a subtly sweet and big bold mouthfeel (11.3% ABV).
Chocolate Reign– The elevated version of Chocolate Rain – a double barrel-aged imperial stout with cacao nibs and vanilla beans (21% ABV).
Mash & French Toast– A bourbon barrel-aged barleywine ale, joining forces with even stickier, malt-forward forces from our barrel warehouse to create the gooey-sweet profile with hints of caramel and rich maple character, summoning spices and warm vanilla notes (13.7% ABV).
Island Time – A sweet stout brewed with Hawaiian sea salt and lactose; with marshmallow, toasted coconut, and natural vanilla flavor added (8.6% ABV).
S.H.I.T S’mores – A rich Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with marshmallow, cacao, graham cracker and vanilla added (15% ABV).
Retreat – DIPA brewed with a simple malt bill and hopped heavily with fruit-forward Mosaic, Cashmere and el dorado for aromatic tropical notes (8.6% ABV).
Relax – An unfiltered, fresh and full of hop flavor IPA without the bitterness, leaving citrusy notes (6.8% ABV).
Spontanaheim – A spontaneously fermented sour blonde ale aged in oak barrels (5.8% ABV).
Wit The Funk – brewed with an orange peel and fermented with wit yeast, resulting in a complex sour wheat beer that is tart, funky, oaky and citrusy (5.4 ABV%).
WHEN: Tuesday, August 27, 2019
6:00-10:00 PM
WHERE: Roofers Union
2446 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Join The Rooftop at The Graham Georgetown team to toast summer goodbye with a Labor Day Weekend celebration on Sunday, September 1. Soak up the last of summer with music from 2pm to 8pm and enjoy cookout favorites from the hotel’s new rooftop restaurant, Rooftop EATS. All Rooftop EATS menu items will be $10. Drink specials include all draft beer and seasonal cans for $5.
WHEN: Sunday, September 1
Event from 12pm to 12am
WHERE: The Rooftop at The Graham Georgetown
1075 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-337-0900
TICKETS: To claim your space at The Graham’s Labor Day Weekend Celebration, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rooftop-labor-day-party-at-the-graham-tickets-68291584969
City Tap Dupont is excited to throw a day at the beach, luau themed open bar event on Labor Day. Come for brunch and stay to enjoy Hawaiian themed food specials such as pineapple burgers and pulled pork tacos starting at 1pm, and a $45 ticketed open bar from 2pm to 5pm including select draft beers, house wines by the glass and rail mixed drinks.
The Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center (EDCJCC) is re-opening on September 5. After an extensive 10-month renovation, the EDCJCC will be holding an evening reception for all ages to come back and explore. Attendees are encouraged to tour the new spaces and places that make up the EDCJCC.
While there are many new details, large and small, to discover, the transformation of the space will allow the building to better serve the mission of the EDCJCC with more space for programs, service projects and performances including the new Cafritz Hall with retractable seating that allows for different configurations. The historic Sixteenth Street entrance and lobby have also been preserved, providing a connection to the building’s history. This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the EDCJCC’s history, and the EDCJCC is excited to welcome back its diverse, vibrant, growing community.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Please enter through the Q Street Entrance.
The REACH
Opening Day; Opening Festival
This fall, artists and audiences from the Washington, D.C. area, the U.S., and around the globe come together at the nation’s cultural capital to dance, sing, create, collaborate, listen, learn, talk, share, and celebrate the opening of the REACH, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ unprecedented new expansion. The REACH Opening Festival takes place September 7–22, and includes more than 400 free events. For more information and Opening Festival highlights, please visit:
https://cms.kennedy-center.
Tickets: FREE
La Cosecha, EDENS’ upcoming contemporary Latin market (1270 4th Street NE) in the Union Market District, will celebrate its opening preview celebration with a festive block party and special concert, presented by title partner Events DC and headlined by Grammy-winning Latin fusion band Ozomatli on Saturday, September 7 from 11am-7pm.
Local pop singer-dancer Jason Cerda will also perform during the free, open-to-the-public event, which will serve as a Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff event and is being curated in collaboration with local music production group All Things Go. Additional musical acts include Salt Cathedral, Mario + Jose, Jonathan Acosta, DJ Bembona, DJ Renzo, DJ Nicolas Losada and Batalá.
The Calle Latina block party’s family-friendly activities include a special Latin-inspired face painting menu created by Colombia-born local muralist MasPaz, Con Sabor kids’ dance classes, chef demos and a flash mob led by Cerda.
Guests will also get a sneak peek at all of the La Cosecha partners: El Cielo, NOVA BOSSA, Amparo, Ali Pacha, Grand Cata, Serenata, Café Unido, Filos Bakery, Zona E Home, La Casita and Peruvian Brothers.
In partnership with sponsors the D.C. Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment, Carlos Rosario School, and Bacardi, the block party will feature additional pop ups by New Latin Wave, Se Habla Español, The Future is Latina, Andeana Hats, Adelante Shoes, Arcay Chocolates, Piña & Coco, Wonder for People and Politics & Prose, Arepa Zone, Ilegal Mezcal and Bacardi.
“After considerable time spent planning and curating La Cosecha, we’re excited and proud to invite all to our preview block party, Calle Latina, where we’ll be celebrating the colors, textures and sounds of Latin America. The ongoing insights and assistance from Latin embassy partners and the city’s cultural tastemakers have been invaluable in the creation of this new marketplace,” says EDENS CEO Jodie W. McLean. “Inclusivity and cultural appreciation are the foundation of any strong community and seem more important now than ever. We hope that by showcasing these dynamic cultures, we can spark conversations and relationships across diverse cultures.”
Ozomatli, known as much for their music as their activism, are two-time Grammy winners with a one-of-a-kind sound that encompasses a wide array of musical styles, including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap and more. Since their inception in 1995, Ozomatli has performed all over the world in places like China, Tunisia, Jordan and Burma, serving both as cultural ambassadors and advocates for farm workers’ rights and immigration reform.
D.C.-area native Cerda is a double-threat singer and dancer, boasting Billboard-charting singles Al Lado Mio, Color Favorito and Un Poco Mas, as well as a 3,500-square-foot, state-of-the-art dance studio in northern Virginia.
La Cosecha’s partnerships with Latin embassies, cultural and diplomatic leaders and strategic stakeholders from the Latin community will solidify the new marketplace as a national platform for Latin culture and cuisine. Cultural opportunities for the larger community will include art exhibits, film screenings, live performances, media lab space and outdoor activations throughout the year.
To RSVP for La Cosecha’s Calle Latina block party, please visit www.lacosechadc.com/callelatina.
